OlegTinkov

Such a lovely video

Yeah impressive indeed for him to see off the likes of Martins and other TT specialists, with out doubt makes for better viewing than watching them just glide through a stage, the team time trial should be another good stage looks so smart how organised they are!

Yep, unbelievable that they're still going given their history of antics, and just last year the scandal with the two Iglinskiy brothers, I remember Jens Voigt in one of his many epic outbursts saying it would take a bear in the Pyrenees to stop Astana from victory that year; little wonder when they were all up to there gills in EPO and hormones. As usual they try and slither out of it but what credibility the team has left, remains to be seen. Aside from these cases it looks set to be a great tour!

As usually the case in the tour all the good climbers will likely be in contention, good chunk through the alps and pyrenees. Cobbled stages will deffinitley be interesting

Thought he rode an a1 at some point, but this guy was a powerhouse?

Vlad chernysh?

With the TDF grand depart from Utrecht this Saturday, wondering will anyone be tuning in to follow things?! Any predictions for how the overall standings will look by Paris or backing anyone in particular?? I'm hoping Froome and the Team Sky lads can do it, but sure Contador/Nibali/Quintana will have something to say about that.

Something by Catlike or Kask is a pretty good bet for super lightweight, but I really reckon it's the one thing you don't want to make weight too much of a priority!

Cheers for the reply, i'll give that a go as I'd had the bike completely straight when on the front wheel trying to get my foot on for the scuff and always felt pretty awkward. Yeah its probably one of those things you just have to gain a feel for with plenty of practice at them

I was wondering if anyone has any advice or tips when it comes to doing a 'Switzerland Squeaker', with respect to foot positioning, plus whether or not to have your foot at a bit of an angle to the wheel? Think they look smart but never have much joy with them

He sure is, he absolutely makes it what it is!! Have been meaning to watch some of his more recent films.

Withnail & I - an old film and pretty alternative to say the least, but if black comedy is your thing its honestly immense

Indeed. One thing I've certainly noticed is that trials seems to be growing at quite a rate in Eastern Europe compared with elsewhere. I say that, although, based purely from judging how things were on here back in the day, where it seemed that England and the north in particular completely dominated the street tgs scene, leaving just the handful of comp riders like Benito Ros, Comas, Coustellier, Hermance and so on, as those who more or less made up the remainder of the picture, at least in terms of the media that circulated on here. As you are saying, whether or not the activity that appears on here is representative of the majority is fairly unlikely, and i know a lot of my mates who used to ride never bothered coming on here. All of this in contrast with the current day where popularity seems more spread out. I've not followed things too closely in recent year so my interpretation could easily be quite a bit out

Wow!! That was brilliant

Yep, i had thought there were slightly less about in my area, just wondered if true elsewhere. Interesting that carbon is making its way into things, in the last few years i've done a good bit of road biking where carbon is the gold standard essentially for a quality bike, but i was always under the impression that there was doubt about how it held up on impact, where the was a point stress. I suppose, however, it can be woven on a certain plane to give strength against a knock. Wow!! that's crazy that such a divide exists between the two slightly different disciplines, as you said its good to get a bit of everything into your riding. I'm inclined more towards TGS type stuff as that's how i first got into trials, but still love trying to find a nice line here and there to incorporate some smoother more technical riding. Snobbery like that just winds me up, and its a shame cause used to get on rides with all different styles of riders. Almost every time I've seen someone out in my area they've been on an inspired, so i guess the street trials scene has boomed! Thanks for the detailed reply, as i was needing a good update

thx man, nah intend on getting out whenever possible, yeah cant go wrong with a tough old adamant

Haven't been on a trials bike in about 5-6 years when there was a pretty good following for the sport through out, posting this as I've got my adamant a1 back and keen to get out when possible. I'm just curious as to what the popularity of trials is like now, compared to the days when the big riders like CLS, Neil Tunnicliffe, Damon Watson, Benito Ros, Vincent Hermance and so on, were at the top of the game?? (no that it changes much for me ahaha) On another note, has technology advanced much in bikes(getting lighter?), or anything changed in terms of whats considered 'big', TGS wise? Cheers